Listen up, people! 15,000 scientists have come together to write a dire “warning to humanity,” in the online journal BioScience, stating that mankind is under serious threat. The warning comes as an update to an original warning sent from the Union of Concerned Scientists 25 years ago. And as you probably already guessed, the state of the environment is much, much, worse than it was back then.

The scientists warn in the letter that if we continue to not act “…there be catastrophic biodiversity loss and untold amounts of human misery,” The hole in the ozone layer has improved since the first letter 25 years ago, but every other threat, including climate change, deforestation, mass species extinction, ocean dead zones has gotten worse. “Soon it will be too late to shift course away from our failing trajectory, and time is running out. We must recognize, in our day-to-day lives and in our governing institutions, that Earth with all its life is our only home,” the letter goes on to warn.

The collective letter was led by U.S. Ecologist, Professor William Ripple from Oregon State University and draws upon data from government agencies, non-profit organizations, and individual researchers to make their case. The letter notes some upsetting facts, for instance, nearly 300 million acres of forest has been lost, mostly to make way for agricultural land and the number of mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and fish in the world has fallen by 29 percent collectively, with the human population rising 35 percent.

While this news is certainly bleak, the scientists do offer solutions, such as establishing nature reserves, reducing food waste, and shifting toward a plant-based diet was even suggested. When it comes to talking about ways to combat climate change, few organizations point toward reducing meat and dairy consumption. Here at One Green Planet, we’ve been adamant on the point that global food system dominated by industrial animal agriculture is at the heart of our environmental crisis.

The good news is that you can make a difference, simply by starting with what’s on your plate. You can start eating for the planet by doing nothing more than choosing a delicious plant-based meal over one laden with animal products. If you look at it from a personal perspective, you can cut your own carbon footprint in half just by leaving meat off your plate for one year. (Plus save a lot of water, redirect grain for people to eat, and help protect endangered species…)

We all have the power to create a better future for our children, and the countless animals we share the planet with, by making one easy swap. If you’re ready to start doing this in your own life, check out One Green Planet’s #EatForThePlanet campaign.

The USDA announced plans to possibly begin planned inspections of facilities that use animals, as opposed to the typical unannounced visits they conduct that give a far more accurate assessment of the conditions and practices in such facilities.

Monmouth Beach, New Jersey has unanimously voted to implement a ban on single-use plastic bags, straws, food containers, and takeout Styrofoam boxes in the shore town. The ordinance was introduced last month and will take effect on June 1, 2018, when, as activists emphasize, the comprehensive plan to try and eliminate plastic waste will start benefiting one of the town’s most important assets, the beach.

The Missouri Senate recently passed an omnibus bill which forbids plant-based meat substitutes and lab-grown products from being labeled using the word “meat.” If this bill is signed into law by Governor Eric Greitens, Missouri will become the first state to have such legislation.

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4 comments on “15,000 Scientists Penned a Serious Letter About Climate Change – But They Think Eating Plant-Based Can Help!”

Recklessness of climate fraudsters is astonishing. Fraudsters cannot introduce a simple energy balance for their claim, since temperature of poor 390 ppm of CO2 must be in range of the temperature on surface of the Sun, to make such a "job". Their fraud is self-evident, it is not even masked: a non-existing 0.039% amount of atmospheric CO2 would be is warming up the rest 99.961% of the atmosphere on 2 degrees Celsius and is "melting glaciers", in addition. Such amount is close to level of poisons, allowed in your drinking water. But even if CO2 would exist, just three sentences are leveling fools\' "science" with of the ground: 1. The daylight, we all see, is the heat in the visible range of radiation. 2. Only reflection can change direction of beams of light/heat back onto surface. 1 & 2 = 3: Not CO2, nor any other known gas forms in the atmosphere a “mirror”, NONE of them is capable to cause greenhouse effect. What is going on in reality, disclosed by NBC News in California flood disaster, by disclosing a real source of “change” (available on youtube link, at around 4:20 minutes, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COVaqgetJmE). Liberal fraudsters "reassigned" a real cause - geothermal heat of the volcano Kilauea, on Hawaii, to their fake "climate change" one. Volcano Kilauea flows into Pacific Ocean daily 400 000 tons of hot volcanic lava, over 33 years unstoppable - in 100 times exceeds global crude steel production! Isn\'t it funny: the same fraudulent mob, blaming "climate change" on a single global crude steel production, is sabotaging a whole 100 of such?! It is an apparent, reckless infringement into public safety, National security not just of the USA, but of the entire world.

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